Council calls for consolidating city services

The City Council voted 7-0 last night to support a Resolution put up by the Mayor calling for the consolidation of duplicative departments,services and personnel in City Hall, the School Board and the Library System. Council President Lesnick proposed watering down the Resolution to say we only supported "exploring" consolidation but the proposed amendment was defeated when I objected and the Council is now on record as calling for shrinking City government. The School and Library Trustees now need to do the right thing, pass the same resolution and let us move forward to save the taxpayer's money!